Audrey Niffenegger
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| Audrey Niffenegger | |
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 Audrey Niffenegger in 2009 |
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| Born | June 13, 1963 South Haven, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, Artist |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 2003-present |
| Genres | Fiction |
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Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan) is an American writer, artist and academic.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Writing
A film version of Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, was released in August 2009. She has also written a graphic novel, or "novel in pictures" as Niffenegger calls it, called The Three Incestuous Sisters. This book tells the story of three unusual sisters who live in a seaside house. The book has been compared to the work of Edward Gorey.
Another graphic novel, The Adventuress, was released in September 1, 2006. The 2004 short story 'The Night Bookmobile' is currently being serialised in 'Visual Novel' format in The Guardian.[1]
In March 2009, Niffenegger sold her second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, for an advance of $5 million to Charles Scribner's Sons, a unit of Simon & Schuster, after a fiercely contested auction.[2] The book was released on 1 October 2009[3] and is set in London's Highgate Cemetery where, during research for the book, Niffenegger acted as a tour guide.[4]
[edit] Art and academia
She is also a professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. She is the founding member of T3 or Text 3, an artist and writer's group that also performs and exhibits in Chicago.
Niffenegger is also a Faculty member at the North Shore Art League where she teaches the Intermediate & Advanced Printmaking Seminar. [5]
Niffenegger is an alumna of the Ragdale Foundation, where she is also a board member. She described herself as "somewhere in the spectrum of agnosticism and atheism" and ascribed her disbelief to her Catholic background.[6]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Visual books
- The Spinster (1986)
- Aberrant Abecedarium (1986)
- The Murderer[7]
- Spring[7]
[edit] Novels
- The Time Traveler's Wife (2003)
- Her Fearful Symmetry (2009)
[edit] Visual novels
- The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005)
- The Adventuress (2006)
[edit] Short stories
- "The Night Bookmobile" (2004)
- "Jakob Wywialowski and the Angels" (2004)
- "Prudence: The Cautionary Tale of a Picky Eater" in the book Poisonous Plants at Table (2006)
[edit] References
- ^ A graphic novel from Audrey Niffenegger: The Night Bookmobile
- ^ Audrey Niffenegger Receives $5 Million Advance for Second Novel
- ^ Allfree, Claire (2009-10-01). "Niffenegger goes on a timely journey". Metro. http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/books/article.html?Niffenegger_goes_on_a_timely_journey&in_article_id=745977&in_page_id=28. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ Niffenegger, Audrey (2009-10-03). "Audrey Niffenegger on Highgate Cemetery". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/03/audrey-niffenegger-highgate-cemetery-novel. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ NSAL : North Shore Art League
- ^ Soriano, César G. (2009-10-05). "Niffenegger finds 'Symmetry' in death for second novel". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-09-30-niffenegger-symmetry_N.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b Audrey Niffenegger - biography, plus book reviews & excerpts
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Audrey Niffenegger |
- Audrey Niffenegger, Her Site, Audrey Niffenegger's website
- Interview with Audrey Niffenegger, December 2008
- Works by or about Audrey Niffenegger in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Printworks Gallery, Art gallery representing Audrey Niffenegger
- Audrey Niffenegger at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Writer Unboxed 3/06 about craft, the process of writing and editing, Time Traveler's Wife, The Three Incestuous Sisters, Her Fearful Symmetry, more.
- Wbqonline.com October 2009
